The pedestrian light in that location is completely inappropriate. That type of light should only be used in neighborhood/residential/school settings. Not in a main thoroughfare/expressway which 4th Plain Boulevard is. The lights in this crosswalk are small and dim and very easy to miss. If the city/ state spent money to put this light in then they should have just put in a real Red,yellow, green light (Stop Light). So in regards to the title of this article... YES- the crosswalk is too dangerous!
What a terrifying experience! My thoughts and prayers to those who lost loved ones and those who are recovering from the traumatic event. Fortunately, the ship was in rather shallow waters rather than the open deep sea. The captain should be held accountable, as well as the company for negligence in training the crew on how to properly handle a emergency.
Athletics are very hard on young peoples bodies especially those who may have not been conditioned early on to push there bodies to perform these sports. I was a active child but not involved in athletic sports until about 17 years old and decided to join the track team. It was probably one of the most challenging things I ever had done to this day. After practices, as I was walking up hill for a half a mile back to the locker room each day, I literally wanted to just lie down and thought I would die if i did. I hope that coaches could be more in tune to student athletes history and watch for signs of distress before kids collapse on the field or in the gym. There should be some sort of preventative measures. At the same time encouraging everyone to participate in sports.
Really? Are you kidding me? (no you are not..) The way I look at it (which is in a simple way of thinking) is that we should be paying less that half of what we are per gallon for gas to fuel our cars. In this economy we are struggling to put gas in our cars to get to work to pay bills and for many barely paycheck to paycheck and underwater nearly drowning with the rising costs of goods and services. All the while we are sending a huge amount of fuel to country's that probably pay less that a quarter of what we are paying per gallon. Imagine all the jobs that would be created if only we consumers and businesses could afford the fuel. For example, imagine the travel industry in the u.s. alone. More people could afford to fly, get into hotels, destinations, the price of goods including the essentials like food, hygiene products etc. That have gone up considerably in the last several years due to rising fuel costs. Fuel prices really do affect the price of everything we purchase with our hard earned dollars in every single aspect of our economy. Imagine the money many homeowners would save and use to pay mortgages rather than losing their homes.
I am sure I will get a lot of thumbs down for this but....If the authorities are going to deport him because his parents brought him into this country illegally as a young child who had no choice, then maybe the this guys parents should be deported too...... In reality, I think this is a very sad situation... since he has lived in this country for so long, he knew the laws and should be disciplined by our laws to the fullest extent.. But to send him back to a country he has no knowledge of .. i am not sure any good will come from that.
Police say Suh was not impaired and was cooperative with officers following the accident at about 1:15 a.m. Suh "lost control of the 1970 Chevrolet Coupe he was driving, which then hit a curb, light pole, drinking fountain and tree." all while "trying to go around a parked taxi."
If I did this I would have been thrown in jail for a number of violations. Reckless driving, endangerment, etc etc. etc. yet in this case.... no citations !!!
Wow! really!? the occupy protester are acting like hypocrites. I hate to say it, as I agree with the original point of the protest, but now they have cost the city over a million dollars. Those dollars could be used to help generate jobs or help those in need etc. Instead taxpayers are paying to clean up there messes. They want to protest corporate greed and banks. I understand that too. But there are local citizens who work in the businesses downtown too. and if they are to dissuade people from shopping downtown (example) they are also creating a situation for more people to lose jobs if they are not allowing businesses small and large to be successful.
Wow! I am so glad he was found safe and sound! This must have been a scary experience for the family. Interesting that he took a flashlight and blanket with him. Feeling how cold it is and how dark it was at those hours of the night. I hope he wasn't wandering too long out there in these temps.
Good question? The flight attendants don't let anyone hang out near the cockpit! and passengers cannot standup and wait near the bathrooms at the cockpit area of the plane. let alone have some one walk up and give the secret code. I can see why fighter jets scrambled to help the plane land.... again.. where were the flight attendants?
I get what the original occupy movement was all about, they made their point ,but way to many have taken advantage of the situation and now its time to go home (or go to a service that can house/help). The rest of the 99%(those of us who are working hard to live day to day and paycheck to paycheck, are going to suffer because all of the emergency services are focused on this, thus taking away from real life crime and emergencies throughout the region. Just because the protesters are willing to go to jail to prove a point , they are taking away vital services and jail space for those who are more serious criminal offenders and true threats to the community.
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